Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)First, earliest or original.
ursprünglich, Ur-, Frühzeit-
изнача́льныйiznačálʹnyj
пе́рві́снийpérvísnyj
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
(not comparable)Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
a primordial leaf; a primordial cell
(not comparable)Primeval.
(not comparable)Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).
Examples
5 sentencesWe lay together and enjoyed the primordial delight.
How many primordial black holes are there in the universe?
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space.
Our biological ancestors thrived in the primordial soup hundreds of millions of years ago.
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space, orbiting among planets and moons and asteroids and comets.
Translations
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Origin
From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state:aboriginalprimalprimevalprimaeval